I removed DS Player from the guide until a new version based on Dharma is released (this will happen this month). If you still want to use it, dbone has a nice writeup on it (i see he gave you the link).

Do we really need to re-invent the wheel here - all these questions and more are answered regularly in the xbmc forums.

I'm not saying that a user guide isn't a worthwhile exercise, just that the types of queries it generates are probably better served by being asked of the experts in the correct forum.

Well, i`m trying to sumarize most of the guides on the XBMC forum into one "starter" guide to get people started on XBMC or 7MC. I can`t possible include all the information, so people who want to tinker around more still need to get to the XBMC forums for more advanced features and information.

How is your folder structure, do you have two for TV Shows? it's possible you're seeing both when going through Videos because it's not in Library mode. If you're in Library mode it consolidates all the sources into their defined categories. ie: two folder labeled TV Shows and TVShows will show up under "TV Shows" in library mode, kind of like a unified inbox.

No I only have one TV Show folder.

I have three total:

DVD's
HD Movies
TV Shows

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Originally Posted by joeydrunk

You also say xbmc dosn't bitstream hd audio. You mention the "ds player" what is that, and how can I get hd audio played out of xbmc? or Do I need to use another media center for hd?

I think a future version of Dharma will do this. They say DS is not stable and I would rather wait.

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Originally Posted by BigMitsiFan

+1

Oops...forgot to add what I'm "+1-ing"... I agree with others that the XBMC forums (although info rich if you dig looooong enough) can sometimes be a long haul without finding an answer to your specific issue.

Agreed. And noobs like us are not always welcomed with open arms. It's nice to have a place to bounce these kinds of questions off of.

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Originally Posted by GreenEyez

I removed DS Player from the guide until a new version based on Dharma is released (this will happen this month). If you still want to use it, dbone has a nice writeup on it (i see he gave you the link).

Now to sit down and watch something and see if my stuttering picture is also resolved.

A really useful plug-in to get for XBMC is the Subtitles plug-in. If you have a movie with no subtitles you can use this plugin to call out to Opensubtitles.org and it will download the appropriate subtitles for your movie; surprisingly too it's of the more functional plug-ins on XBMC.

I just installed the latest nightly build and cannot get AEON to install. Downloaded from the github page, point XBMC to the zip file, and it errors almost right away.

Any idea what would cause this?

EDIT: Also tried the build linked in the first part of this guide with no luck. The download link to the skin is also dead, so I grabbed it of XBMC.org's link.

If you're new to XBMC I would recommend staying away from the nightly builds at first. What you're experiencing is why I make this recommendation. Sometimes the tiniest of build updates will break a skin or plug-in.

If a skin isn't available through the Add-Ons section I'll go through the forums for the latest release. That is where you can find out if there is issues with the skin and the current nightly/release or if it's even being updated. Some of the modders will also note which version is required to make it work right in the first post.

A really useful plug-in to get for XBMC is the Subtitles plug-in. If you have a movie with no subtitles you can use this plugin to call out to Opensubtitles.org and it will download the appropriate subtitles for your movie; surprisingly too it's of the more functional plug-ins on XBMC.

There are a couple of things I wish metadata fetchers would do, and none currently support -

- 'extrafanart' support. Skins such as Night can cycle through different backgrounmds for movies and tv shows, makes it a much more pleasant experience. They look for these in a folder called extrafanart. Some of the fetchers can get all the pictures but you have to move them into that directory manually or with a script.

- A single actors directory. Actor info goes into an '.actors' folder under each movie, but it produces a lot of duplicates. The scraper could create a single \\actor folder at the root, and then symlink it. I think this is an XBMC issue though, I will suggest it.

- Movie sets - this is a nice Xbmc feature which I think on ly Ember supports.

Now when you use the play disk button, the Blu Ray in the disk drive will play, launching the TMT3 7MC plugin (the one used for playback with Windows 7 Media Center).

I apologize in advance for the long post...

I'm just pulling my hair out here...I've followed this and no love. First, I installed XBMX RC2 and tried to play a BD ISO and nothing (sometimes a pop-up says "playback failed, check log"... I have't checked any logs, will probably go to the XBMC forums with log help, if needed.

I used ClownBD to convert the ISO to a mt2s file and now XBMC plays the movie. This would be fine, but it takes soooo long for ClownBD to fnish.

I discovered your guide and was excited to see I can use TMT to get BD payback...

So, I installed TMT5 (trial version...could this be my problem??) and dropped the playercorefactory.xml into the described directory and still nothing. I did notice that I had to edit this file so the path to uMEDVDPlayer is correct (see copied line below). *Note: I am running Win7 64 Pro, so Program Files has the added (x86)..should there be a space after "Program Files" between the (x86)? I'll try removing the space...

The next line in the .xml refers to "D:" Should I be changing this to the server path where my ISO's are stored? Leave it alone?

I launched 7MC and the TMT 5 plugin is present and it works...

I really, really want BD's to play through XBMC (ISO or folers...don't care). I'm guessing it shouldn't matter which style I choose (ISO or folders), but I have all my DVD's ripped to ISO and would prefer to keep that the same.

Ok, first of all it`s my bad too. The playercore config xml is for TMT3 not TMt5. I haven`t yet tested out TMT5 to see if it works. Also, that is for BR disks. Basically for popping in the disk and hitting "Play disk" on the main menu. I`ll test TMT5 and launching TMT3/5 for rips out tonight and add it to the guide

I need to clarify some things (and add them to the guide).
-> XBMC cannot playback ISO Blu Ray rips. Support will be added for this in the future. DVD ISO images work fine, ofc
-> XBMC can playback BR folder rips in the native player but without BR menu support and BR Java. It only plays the main movie, with audio stream/subtitle stream support ofc (you can change them via the OSD as like any other file type).

Basically if you only rip the main movie, you should be fine with BR folder rips or ripping to MKV, for the built in player.

I have a question....I've never tried XBMC but have messed around with Mediabrowser for a while. Can I install both programs at the same time without conflicts to see which I like better? I have Windows 7 btw if it matters.

I have a question....I've never tried XBMC but have messed around with Mediabrowser for a while. Can I install both programs at the same time without conflicts to see which I like better? I have Windows 7 btw if it matters.

I have a question....I've never tried XBMC but have messed around with Mediabrowser for a while. Can I install both programs at the same time without conflicts to see which I like better? I have Windows 7 btw if it matters.

Ok, first of all it`s my bad too. The playercore config xml is for TMT3 not TMt5. I haven`t yet tested out TMT5 to see if it works. Also, that is for BR disks. Basically for popping in the disk and hitting "Play disk" on the main menu. I`ll test TMT5 and launching TMT3/5 for rips out tonight and add it to the guide

I need to clarify some things (and add them to the guide).
-> XBMC cannot playback ISO Blu Ray rips. Support will be added for this in the future. DVD ISO images work fine, ofc
-> XBMC can playback BR folder rips in the native player but without BR menu support and BR Java. It only plays the main movie, with audio stream/subtitle stream support ofc (you can change them via the OSD as like any other file type).

Basically if you only rip the main movie, you should be fine with BR folder rips or ripping to MKV, for the built in player.

I know English is not your first language but you type it quite well.

However, in your contractions you are using the ` grave accent key instead of the ' apostrophe key.

Maybe you already knew this and it's just matter of keyboard layout, but I figured you would like to know if you didn't already know.

There are a couple of things I wish metadata fetchers would do, and none currently support -

- 'extrafanart' support. Skins such as Night can cycle through different backgrounmds for movies and tv shows, makes it a much more pleasant experience. They look for these in a folder called extrafanart. Some of the fetchers can get all the pictures but you have to move them into that directory manually or with a script.

- A single actors directory. Actor info goes into an '.actors' folder under each movie, but it produces a lot of duplicates. The scraper could create a single \\actor folder at the root, and then symlink it. I think this is an XBMC issue though, I will suggest it.

- Movie sets - this is a nice Xbmc feature which I think on ly Ember supports.

I'm actually thinking of writing my own scraper program.

I currently use back row... and I have a number of backgrounds downloaded for each movie I have.

XBMC by default does not cycle backdrops, that`s one of the features since switching to XBMC from media browser. Some skins have some hacks that enable this, but most are just hackjobs.
Support for multiple backdrops in the XBMC trunk has been added as a feature request . Hope it gets approved.

Btw, here`s a config xml for those who want to have the update library function also clean the library at the same time : download . put it in : C:\\Users\\\\AppData\\Roaming\\XBMC\\UserData folder
I`ve also added it to the guide. I`ve also added the TMT5 playercore.xml file, alongside the TMT3 one.

TV Tunes. Once you start the app, it downloads a TV tune for each TV series you have in the library, then automatically plays them when you browse that specific TV Series episode list. For example when you browser your True Blood library, the true blood theme will play in the background.

Adding this to the plugins list, really nice feature and gives a lot of style to your XBMC library.